Travel Blogs from Johannesburg, South Africa

... and buy some groceries to make dinner tonight. Was nice to cook something for ourselves again, and with the accompaniment of one of SouthAfrica’s finest, $6 bottles of wine, we took it easy the rest of the night and settled into our little chalet. ...

... 7am, and the other 3 Luke Lee and I are sleeping in and then heading to the airport for an afternoon flight back to Johannesburg via Nairobi. The boys pack and head off, we extend fond farewells. We have experienced some hard times and some great times ...

We are on our way home to the good old USA! We are currently on a five-hour layover in the International Airport in Johannesburg, SouthAfrica. It's very large and brand new - built for the 2010 World Cup. Everyone is doing great! We all are patient with ...

... should be a member - this means that they have signed up to and adhere to certain minimum standards for porters. Booking from SouthAfrica as we did we only had one operator who was a member - Wild Frontiers - who subcontract through a local Tanzanian ...

We arrived late last night and have finished up our first day in SouthAfrica. How did we know if was SouthAfrica? First there's the great accents - very lilting - of everyone we speak with. Second, we had crocodile and ostrich for ...

We landed at 6:35am in SouthAfrica to be met by our South African relatives. We spent a couple of hours at their house to prepare for a long car journey to Kruger National Park. The drive from Johannesburg to Kruger was 4 hours long and quite the scenic ...

... and recover. Once again Africa surprised us. We knew we were arriving here at the beginning of spring, SouthAfrica is in the Southern Hemisphere so the seasons are reversed. For example, their winter is during the months of ...

The final day of the trip started with a leisurely breakfast, a final browse around the mountains and a long trip back to Jo-burg to catch our evening flight to London.. a perfect holiday was had by ...